Don McLean wrote Vincent in 1971 after reading a book about the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the 1970s, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam played the song daily and a copy of the sheet music, together with a set of Van Gogh's paint brushes, is buried in a time capsule beneath the museum.

Now I understandWhat you tried to say to meHow you suffered for your sanityHow you tried to set them freeThey would not listen, They did not know howPerhaps they'll listen now. Laatst gewijzigd: 04/10/2007 21:56

unheimlich bewegender Text zu passender Musik. Ich sehe die Bilder von van Gogh und muss immer daran denken was Don singt "...and when no hope was left in sight on that starry starry night, You took your life, as lovers often do; But I could have told youVincent this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." Wie wahr wie wahr!!!